Former deputy Prime Minister and interior minister Yongyuth Wichaidit on Monday denied claims that he had an affair with a married woman before demanding the Pheu Thai Party dismiss famed lawyer Sitra Biabangkerd — who made the allegations — from its ranks.
Mr Yongyuth, a former Pheu Thai leader himself, spoke out after Mr Sitra alleged on Facebook on Saturday that a high-ranking party member had been involved in an extramarital sexual relationship.
Mr Sitra said the woman’s husband had asked him for his assistance after finding out about the affair last month. Among the evidence that the man had shown Mr Sitra were intimate photographs of the pair, he said in the post.
The husband filed for…
